Genesis 4:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ And Lemeḵ took for himself two wives, the name of one was Aḏah, and the name of the second was Tsillah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah and of the other was Zillah.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second Zillah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Lamech took two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

Genesis 4:19 Cross References

Genesis 2:18

And יהוה Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone, I am going to make a helper for him, as his counterpart.”

Genesis 2:24

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 4:18

And to Ḥanoḵ was born Iraḏ. And Iraḏ brought forth Meḥuya’ĕl, and Meḥuya’ĕl brought forth Methusa’ĕl, and Methusa’ĕl brought forth Lemeḵ.

Genesis 4:20

And Aḏah bore Yaḇal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents, with livestock.

Genesis 4:23

And Lemeḵ said to his wives, “Aḏah and Tsillah, hear my voice! Wives of Lemeḵ, listen to my words! For I have killed a man for wounding me, even a young man for hurting me.

2 Chronicles 24:3

And Yehoyaḏa took for him two wives, and he brought forth sons and daughters.

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts, Mosheh allowed you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.